xix, 299 pages ; 22 cm

Bagdikian offers a survey of the media industry, highlighting issues such as the cost of advertising & the dumbing down of important social issues. It details the trend towards fewer & fewer corporations owning a majority of newspapers, television stations, book publishers & motion picture companies

"A completely revised and updated edition of the best-selling classic The media monopoly"--Title page verso

Includes bibliographical references (pages 266-282) and index

Common media for an uncommon nation -- The big five -- The Internet -- (Not) all the news that's fit to print -- All the news that fits? -- Paper in the digital age -- Rebellion and remedies -- "Won't they ever learn?" -- From mythology to theology -- "Dear Mr. President--" -- Only the affluent need apply -- Dr. Brandreth has gone to Harvard -- Afterword: paradise lost or paradise regained? Social justice in democracy

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